Education Leaders Forum 2013: Building 21c Learning Communities, 28&29 August, Christchurch - presented by SmartNet Events.

1. JASPER VAN DER LINGEN
DIRECTOR SHEPPARD & ROUT ARCHITECTS
Landscape Architecture Building
Lincoln University, opened 2009

2. Lincoln University
•Founded in 1878 as the Agricultural College of
the University of Canterbury
•New Zealand’s third oldest university

3. Landscape Architecture
•Began at Lincoln in 1969
•First programme in New Zealand

4. Located first in
Pre-fabs, then the
7th
floor of Burns
Building, and
finally 4 floors of
the Forbes
Building

5. Floor plan – service core
dominates and limits
common space
Vertical separation of students in
year groups restricts interaction
and a shared culture

6. Educational Trends
Enlightenment thinking
19th
/20th
Centuries – the
rise of Science
• SEPARATION of
disciplines
• SPECIALISATION
21st
Century thinking –
the rise of the Internet
and connectivity
• CONNECTION
between disciplines
• COLLABORATION

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